Help with Queen Palm

[Natam]

Hello. Ok, so I honestly know very little about palm trees, but a relative recently gifted me what I believe is a Queen Palm. The thing is that it's been like four months since the palms transplant and it hasn't recovered. The old leaves are brown and the new leaves are greenish (tho they look a bit sick to be honest) but they won't grow upwards, they just fall to the side. 

I water it about three times a week, and I'm in Tijuana so even though it's summer, the weather's not that hot. It has mulch over the soil. Also, something I noticed is that if you like try to push the palm a little, it moves a bit, so the trunk doesn't seem to be fixed on the soil, like the other palm we transplanted.

I would like to get a little advice, because I honestly don't know if it's transplant shock, if I'm giving it too much water or not enough, and if it could recover (because I used to have a palm that also grew green new leaves but never upward, they just fell to the side like with this one).

I can't seem to find info about it, and I really just want to know if there's a way to save the palm, or if I should just let it go. Some pics:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qHi8SHtZMB9V7yf7ZVhPa0OxAWxb3oK0?usp=sharing

Thanks so much

 

[Kim]

Welcome to PalmTalk! You came to the right place for help.

I looked at your photos, and ouch! It looks dead to me, but then, I've never tried to transplant a queen palm, so I could be wrong. There *might* be a new green spear emerging from the center of those dead leaves?? The trunk doesn't appear like it was really healthy to begin with. 

Honestly, if you want to grow a healthy palm there, I would begin with a fresh seedling. These palms grow very fast when given adequate water. 

I hope someone with experience transplanting queen palms will also reply to your question.

[96720]

I agree with Kim it doesn’t look like it was healthy to begin with and then to put it through transplant shock, did you have a big rootball it doesn’t look good. I would take it out and put in a royal!!

[JLM]

It is likely dead, especially if it still wobbles in the ground. Like Kim said, start with a baby Queen. That is if you want another Queen. If not, replace with something else.

[JohnAndSancho]

I think you're gonna need a new one. 

[Collectorpalms]

If it is pushing out those brown fronds sideways. Then it’s not dead yet. If it’s not hot there that might be your biggest issue. It needs heat to root and recover. There are still a couple summer months left I would leave it.

also you can do the trunk cut method. Where you use a chain saw to cut down just a few inches/centimeters. That will get rid of the dead trunk and see if it is pushing better tissue.

[SeanK]

If it's wobbly after 4 months, I'd say no root development. Bad News.

I see cement which will affect the soil pH, but I don't think that's the problem. I'd start with a smaller one since they're cheap and grow fast.  Also, mix some dirt into distilled water and measure pH with a pool test kit.